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D&C 86:2 · Matthew 13:38

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Doctrine and Covenants D&C 86:2
"Behold, verily I say, the field was the world, and the apostles were the sowers of the seed;"
New Testament Matthew 13:38
"The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;"

Shared words: the field

Four words, and the divergence is the verb's tense. The exact strings sort the two carriers cleanly: 'the field was the world' stands at exactly one distinct frozen verse in the corpus and 'the field is the world' at exactly one. A second divergence is the identification that follows: the parable's explanation names the sower as the Son of man and the good seed as the children of the kingdom; the revelation names the sowers as the apostles, a term the parable's explanation does not use anywhere. The section names the parable in its first verse. Registered at the 2026-08-11 editorial review. Minted asserted_by: source at the 2026-08-10 editorial review.